| Summary: | '!•*,>»*, "•,"•-.' -V nttf ton rnqeLffim to & taken Ham Heading How VOLUME XXVII. CONCORDIA COLLEGE, MOORHEAD, MINN., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1935. NO. 12 J. W. Johnshoy Is Convocation Speaker Today T. O. Burgess, H. C. Nordlie Give Reports on Conference At St. Olaf KINGSBURY SINGS HERE Schmidt Begins Series of Talk: On 'Gospel of Our By Koeberle Dr. J. W. Johnshoy, the Rev. C. B. Ylvisaker, the Rev. W. F. Schmidt, Dr. T. O. Burgess, Prof. H. C. Nordlie, and Miss Ethelwynne Kingsbury were pre-sented on the chapel programs during the past two weeks, Dr. J. W. Johnshoy conducted the chapel service today. Thursday, the Rev. C. B. Ylvisaker continued his explanation of the au-thenticity of the Book of James. The Rev. W. F. Schmidt began scries of talks based on a recent Ger-man book, "The Gospel and Our Age' by Dr. Adolph Koeberle, Wednes-day. He presented a general idea of the spirit of the book, a challenge to the world to present the Truth. Give Reports on Conference Reports from the Conference of Mid-west Lutheran colleges held at St. Olaf college Nov. 29 and 30 comprised the Monday and Tuesday chapel periods of this week. The first report was given by Dr. T. O. Burgess, who gave an account of the purpose and historical significance of the conference. Prof. H. C. Nordlie gave the second report on Tuesday, describing the method to be used in carrying out the objectives of the conference. The theme for the conference was, "The Nature of General Christian Edu-cation." The topics centered around this theme were education, church membership, social and cultural ques-tions. The accomplishment of the con-ference objectives will be through the nurture, guidance and strengthening of students through Christian teachers. Johnshoy Speaks on Advent Season Dr. J. W. Johnshoy delivered the chapel address last Friday, speaking on Matt. 21:1-9. He spoke on the sea-son of Advent and likened the begin-ning and end of each church year to portals whose pillars were humility and faith. "These two pillars are," he said, "gifts of God through which we receive everlasting life." A Thanksgiving service was conduct-ed by the Rev. W. F. Schmidt the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. He spoke of God's providences, many of which are mentioned in the first arti-cle of the Apostles' Creed and in the fourth petition of the Lord's Prayer. A Thanksgiving hymn, "Now Thank We All Our God," was sung at the close of the service. The Rev. C. B. Ylvisaker conducted the chapel service Nov. 26 during which (Continued to Page 4, Col. 3) Briggs Presents Lyceum Number Violinist Plays Varied Program Of Leading Composers At Recital By EVELYN JOHNSON Mary Calkins Briggs, violinist, was presented as the fourth lyceum number, Nov. 22. The violinist had an adequate technique and a mellow tone, while her pleasant personality created an atmos-phere which won for her a sympathetic response. However, the concert was disappointing as a whole, though there were redeeming features which made the program worth-while. Mozart's "Concerto in A Major" made up the first group. Here her neat dy-namic shadings were rather effective in the allegro assai movement, though artistic stolidity seemed quite lacking in this group—especially in the slower movements. Miss Briggs seemed to especially en-joy playing the second group which consisted of three Hungarian pieces. In the third group, probably her most outstanding interpretation was of Lili Boulanger's "Nocturne." Here she showed a better insight into the com-poser's conception of the music and seemed to be more in harmony with it Other selections included the modern "Jota" (de Falla-Kochanski); "Sla-vonic Dance in G Minor" (Dvorak- Kreisler); "Allegro Maestoso" (Chopin- Briggs); and the dashing, clever "Ho-pak" (Moussorgsky-Rachmaninoff). The last number especially appealed to the audience and brought an encore, Men-delssohn's exquisite bit of melody, "On Wings of Song." Miss Helen Grotte supplied effective! accompaniments for Miss Briggs, j Have Leads In All-College Play •fj • Lucia Iverson, Mclntosh, and Jack Davis, Akeley. have the leading roles in the production being presented tonight. Lucia Iverson will play the part of Beret with Jack Davis as Peer Hansa, Beret's husband. Large Audience Greets Countess at Piano Recital Helena Morsztyn Gives Concert Of Music by Famous Composers Dale Visits Places Of Interest on Trip By EVELYN JOHNSON A capacity house enthusiastically greeted Countess Helena Morsztyi when she presented her piano conccr in the college auditorium Nov. 2G. Lo- :al music lovers and many interested people from surrounding towns came to enjoy this fine musical treat. From the opening measures of the bach "Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue' to the last strains of the final encore the listeners were impressed with the absolute mastery and power which the pianist had over the keyboard. Here was an artist who could command at lention. Here was interpretation with new intricate shadings and marked con trasts, breaking forth from a soul filled to overflowing. Sincerity was the outstanding char-acteristic of Helena Morsztyn's playing and there was no sickly sentimentality to irritate the listener. The powerful Beethoven Appassion-ata Sonata, Op. 57, was the feature of the pianist's first group. Here she moved easily in true Beethoven style through the four movements of thi:- puissant work. Four Chopin numbers made up the middle group. The artist is widely rec-ognized for her interpretations of this master. Here her playing was vigorous, potent, and vitalized. Included in thit group were the Scherzo, Op. 31, Noc-turne, Op. 27, No. 1; the dainty and catchy Ecossaises, No. 72; and the in-tense Polonaise, Op. 53. A Chopin waltz was used as an encore. Modern compositions were presented in the third group, with Debussy's 'Suite pour le piano" as the first num-ber. The Sarabande was noteworthy for its full round tone and smooth me-lodic line. Iridescent harmonics and swift piano passages marked "The Spinner" by Moniuszko-Mclcer. Sauer's light1, tinkling "Music Box" was well received. The Allegro df Concert (Granados) concluded the program proper. Two Chopin etudes and a Paderew- ;ki number were played as encores be-fore the enthusiastic audience would eave the auditorium. Get Your Plaque Of Two Scenes Soon Picture plaques have been made of the Administration Building at the college, and Prexies Pond, and arc now available to students and faculty members. These plaques are to be had at the Concordia Bookstore. Worked info a beautiful artistic scene of the two pictures from the 1935 Cobber, Hie dimension scale of the plaques is five by seven inches. They arc made on a thick compo board and decorated with glass in such a manner as to give a mica effect These small plaques have been ordered by the Corttordia Publicity Bureau and will come in sets. The scene of Prexies Pond, mirroring the trees and the Main Building, will arrive in a few days, while the other scene Is available at the present time. . . . . • • • * * • • - . • • • • - . " ' . " * • ' • • : • • : : . • ' • • • . ' • - " > • * * • ' • ' Mr. H. M. Dale returned last week from a trip to the west coast. At Los Angeles, Calif., he visited his daugh-ters, Jeanne and Eunice, Concordia graduates of '32 and '30. Among the places of interest which he visited were the observatory at Mount Wilson, where he saw the larg-est telescope in the world (100 inches) and the Hunting art gallery in Pasa-dena, Calif., where are kept the origi-nal paintings: "Blue Boy" by Gains-borough, and "Pinky" by Lawrence. Mr. Dale also visited the Catalina islands with its large seal rookery at the south end of the island. 'Oriental Garden' Is AZP-A Theme Societies Use Eastern Setting In Presenting Story of Dei An Wei Amid the fragrance of glowing in-cense and the simple wcirdness of an eastern setting the Alpha Zeta Phi and Athenian literary societies presented the first public program Saturday, Nov. 23. The sounds of a Chinese gong accom-panied by a rhythm blind were heard as the curtain opened revealing Die An Wei and her tyrannical father in their Chinese garden. Die An Wei, played by Evelyn Dale, loved a story teller (Harold Tvedt) and consequently re-fused to marry the prosperous and royal suitor of her father's choice. The angered father, played by Bruce Brade-meycr, in a fit of anger cast a magic spell over the princess as n punishment for her disobedience in refusing to marry his choice, Tung Wag (Freeman Holmer). As the program progressed represen-tatives from nearly every walk of life tried unsuccessfully to awaken the sleeping princess. Finally, the ingenius teller of tales conspired to poison the merciless father, and in this manner secured the magic finger of Buddha to break the spell over the sleeping prin-cess. By this turn of events he won the princess for his wife. Among those who unsuccessfully tried to break the spell were the pir-ates, consisting of a male quartet who tried to arouse the princess with song but lost their hearts to "three little maids." An itinerant musician tried to break the spell with the strains which poured from his music box. Two jug-glers performed feats of skill in the presence of the sleeping princess to no avail. x As a last resort, the Chinese coolies who were assembled in the garden, de-cided to call the Chinese temple priest and have him perform his rites which consisted of a wierd dance by the tem-ple dancer and the offering of incense to Buddha. After the priest scene, a traveling merchant sold his wares to an unscru-pulous Chinese coolie in a restaurant scene. The story tellar lent oriental touch to the scene by singing a song in the falsetto voice characteristic of Chinese singing. He then conceived the idea of poisoning the father, who had 'alien asleep. The magic fingernail was then easily taken and used in breaking the spell. The sonfl of rejoicing in chorus by the entire cast as a grand finale and the singing of the society songs concluded the program.- - ••- Cobbers To Have Eventful Period Before Vacation All-College Play To Be Given Tonight; Basketball Game Tomorrow M-AKX TO HAVE PROGRAM Cobbers To Play Teachers and Harlem Globe Trotters Next Week The Concordia campus will be teem-ing with activity during the next week :md a half before the Christmas vaca-tion begins, with several of the clubs and organizations on the campus hold-ing Christmas parties and programs. The all-college play, "Giants in the Eurth," by Rolvang, will be presented this evening. Tomorrow evening the Concordia basketball quint will oppose the University of North Dakota five on the local court. Public Program Is on Mondny The Alpha Kappa Chi and the Mon-damin literary societies will give their public program in the college audi-torium Monday evening. The Cobbers will play two basket-ball games next week. They will meet the Moorhead State Teachers college onthe Dragon court Tuesday evening. The second contest will find the Harlem Globe Trotters opposing the Concordia men on the local court Thursday. Faculty Club To Have Dinner The faculty club will hold a Christ-mas dinner in the home economics rooms Wednesday evening. Friday eve-ning the Omicron Tau Delta will hold their dinner. The same evening the annual fresh man-sophomore oratorical contest will .take place. The Alpha Epsilon Sigma and Lamb-da Delta Sigma present the last of a series* of four public programs Satur-day, Dec. 14. Sunday, Dec. 15, the music club will present their, annual Christmas program at Trinity Lutheran church. The basketball men will meet James-town college Dec. 16. The evening be-fore school closes for this year, the all-college Christmas party will be held in the college gymnasium. The annual Christmas dinner will take place in the college dining room the same evening. It has been decided that the dinner will be given as a formal function with only those eating regularly at the boarding club attending this dinner. Concordia Library Adds 22 New Books New books which have been added to the college library recently are: "Life Histories of North American Galena-cious Parts," Bent; "Baeveren i Norge," Callet; "The Supreme Court and Sover-eign States," Warren; "Twilight of the Supreme Court," Corwin; "Develop-ment of the Peace Idea," Trueblood; "Trusts and Economic Control," Curtis; "Histology," Maximow and Bloom. "Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith," Forster; "History of the German No-velle," Benette; "Brother Luther," Ma-lo; "Wales and the Welsh," Hughes; "Die Schwarze Gallerie," Raabe; "The Soul of Grammar," Sonnenschein; "Ger-many in the Eighteenth Century," Bru-ford. "Bookman's Manual," Graham; "Hulleschoff—Die Judenshuche," "R0st; "Else von der Tanne," Raab; "Ludvig and Anncmarie," Myer; "History of Germany," Pennow; "James Thomson/' Macaulay; "Pope," Metrists," Omend. Mackail; "English 'Giants in the Earth' To Be Given in Chapel Tonight Mrs. Ostby Directs Play Mrs. Norma Gooden Ostby is the director of the play, "Giants in the Earth,"' which will be given in the college auditorium tonight. She is the structor in dramatics and public speaking at the college. Lucia Iverson, Jack Davis Have Leading Roles in Play By Rolvaag TO SERVE NORSE LUNCH Play Has Setting on Dakota Frontiers; Cast Includes Twelve Gridders Name Butorac As New Football Captain Seventeen Varsity Letters Are Presented to Cobber Gridders John Butorac, Crosby-Ironton, was elected the new football captain for the 1936 season at the annual football ban-quet held last evening in the College Main. Ole Midgarden, Glyndon, retir-ing captain, was elected to be the honor athlete, while Lottie Kroll, Moorhead, was named the most representative frdsh player. The lettermen for the 1935 season were also announced at the dinner with seventeen men earning their varsity letters and twenty freshmen gaining their numerals. The following are the lettermen: Edwin Anderson, St. Paul; Donald Baccus, Fargo; John Butorac, Crosby-Ironton; Mike Chuppich, Cros-by- Ironton; Gene Cowles, Park Rapids; Alvin Dyke, Fairmount, N. D.; Art Ernst, Hankinson, N. D.; Henry Held, Minneapolis; Arthur Myrom, Thief River Falls; Capt. Ole Midgarden, lyndon; Edwin Romuld, Crookston; Magne Syvrud, Mandan, N. D.; Peter Syvrud, Mandan, N. D.; Larry Schnei-der, Bismarck, N. D.; Arnold Schnei-der, Bismarck, N. D.; Palmer Tang, Cooperstown, N. D.; and Harold Thorn-by, Moorhead. The freshmen receiving their num-erals were: Norman Pleton, Lisbon, N, D.; Alton Carlson, Middle River; leorge Jenson, Fargo; LJoyd Kroll, Moorhead; Robert Nick, Dilworth; Du-ane Fiskum, Pelican Rapids; Jerome Peterson, Fargo; Harold Bekkerus, Moorhead; Peder Gjertson, Lisbon, N. D.; Kermit Piltingsrud, Leeds, N. D.; jiUher Svore, Alexander, N, D.; Wayne Wallin, Stcele, N. D.; Unit Brodin, riithornll; Russell Sands, Warren; Wil-lard Lindquist, Oklee; Palmer Lunde-borg, Crookston; Gerhard Stenerson, Van Hook, N. D.; Lei and Lee, Wannas-ka; Douglas Sillers, Calvin, N. D.; and Julius Hovland, St. Paul. Lucia Iverson, Mclntosh, as Beret, and Jack Davis, Akeley, as Peer Han-sa, will have the leading roles in "Giants in the Earth," all-college play to be presented in the college audi-torium this evening at 8:00 o'clock. The three-act drama, sponsored by the Alpha Alpha cast of the Alpha Psi Omega, is under the direction of Mrs. Norma Gooden Ostby. A Norwegian lunch will be served by the Concordia Women's League imme-diately after the presentation in rooms 19 and 20, where there will also be a display of frontier relics of this period. Setting: Is in Northwest The play with its story of the north-west pioneer life has its setting on the Dakota prairie near the eastern por-tion of the North Dakota and South Dakota boundary line. The prologue of the play shows Peer Hansa's family as they reach the prairie in 1870. Scene one of the (first act shows the settlers harvesting their first wheat crop in August 1789. Beret, Peer Han-sa's wife, goes insane due to the cli-matic condition and lonesomeness of the new life. In the second scene a traveling minister, to be played by Harold Brown, Moorhead, tries to re-store her sanity by encouraging her to believe in God. Act Two Takes Place in 1881 Act two takes place during the win-ter of 1881 at the home of Peer's friend, Hans Olsaa, to be played by Clifford Peterson, Lattlefork. The last act takes place the following morning at Peer Hansa's home. Other characters in the play include: Ola, son of Peer and Beret, Sherman Sundet, Gary; Sorina, Hans Olsaa's wife, Delores Osen, Devils Lake, N. D.; Tonseton, the prairie prophet, Donald Baccus, Fargo; Tonseton's wife, Beryl Jensen, Fisher; Henry Sol urn, young farmer of the settlement, Mervin Greg-orson, Bemidji; Bridget, old Irish herb women, Lillian Syverson, Enderlin, N. D.; Aslak Tjome, an old farmer, Ber-nard Gravdal, Mi In or, N. D.; and Mrs. Tjome, Sylvia Reinertsen, Moorhead. NSR-DR Present 'Home' Program Two Societies Depict Unique Setting for Returned Traveler Theodore Renne Is Accepted Into Army Flying School In Texas Announcement has been made that Theodore Renne '34 has been accepted into the army flying school at Randolph field, Texas. Alter his application to the War De-partment was accepted, Mr. Renne took his physical examination at Fort Snel-ling last August and was notified of his appointment Oct. 3. Randolph field is a regular town in itself. The post is only five years old and was built at a cost of about fifty million dollars. The training which the cadets receive in the three years is worth around seventy-five thousand dollars. Mr. Renne says, "Only about 40 per cent of those entering graduate; rather than break your neck they'll wash you out and break your heart." Training there is divided into three groups. In the primary training the men learn to fly, take courses such as metrologoy, military law, courtesy, and navigation. The B stage includes acrobatics, night flying, anU cross-country flying. Then in the advanced course at Kelly field, the men get spe-cialized flying. Cadets get all their equipment, room, and board, Mr. Renne says, "All a fel-low would have to come down here with is a razor and a tooth brush." There is inspection once a week, and the men are required to have every-thing in order. "If I don't get any-thing else out of the training, I should be an immaculate house cleaner," Ted remarks. Mr. Renne, whose home is at Bagley, was a letterman on the football team, a member of the Alpha Psi Omega dra-matic fraternity, a member of the Alpha Epsilon Sigma literary society, Science club, Student Forum, Inter-society council, second choir, and president of his class for two years. Even the subzero weather failed to keep a large audience away from the Nu Sigma Rho and Delta Rho's presen-tation of "Home Sweet Home" in their annual public program Saturday eve-ning. A happy group of village folks, sound effects of the stopping train and station telegraph, and a bubbling enthusiasm over the return of Uncle Ezra delight-fully connected the short introduction by Otto Bratlie to the main part of the program, the scene of the reception at Uncle Ezra's farm. The climax to the reception which neighbors of Ezra Upshaw had care-fully planned for his return was reach-ed in the informal program in the gar-den near the Upshaw home. A male quartet gave the program a send-off in true barbershop style. Ingeborg Akre's solo, the Italian trio, and the Gypsy quartet were presentations of the vil-lage's pride in vocal talent, while the clarinet boys volunteered to join with Uncle Ezra in their old winter pastime of playing quartets. Official welcomes were not lacking, not to forget that of the Ladies' Aid and the village parson, who conniving-ly found opportunity to announce "Kvinnerforrenning" and services. Master of ceremonies, Joe (Sterling Rygg)t besides announcing the musical talent also introduced Beryl Jensen, who read Edgar Guest's '"There's a Heap o' LivinV and Everett Gilbert-son, who very ably presented "Pal." Uncle Ezra's reflection upon the end of a perfect day was rudely thrust aside by the appearance of his nephew, who slightly announced the end. Incidental music was furnished by Edward Anderson, violinist, and Flor-ence Larson, pianist. Ann Bestul played piano accompaniments for the musical numbers. .,, .-,, , . , /. . m .^^i^y.^
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